Redwood preservation

June 14, 2013

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Brian Pickett, a forester for The Conservation Fund above the Eastern edge of the Preservation Ranch property near Annapolis, Calif. A public-private partnership led by The Conservation Fund has purchased 16,645 acres of forest known as Preservation Ranch, the largest conservation project in the history of Sonoma County. The property, a vast forested parcel threatened by development and vineyard conversion, is part of a campaign by the fund to preserve more than 125,000 acres of Douglas fir and redwood forests and use sustainable management practices to conserve critical habitat, restore native watersheds and support local economies through 'light-touch' timber management.

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Brian Pickett, a forester for The Conservation Fund above the Eastern edge of the Preservation Ranch property near Annapolis, Calif. A public-private partnership led by The Conservation Fund has purchased 16,645 acres of forest known as Preservation Ranch, the largest conservation project in the history of Sonoma County. The property, a vast forested parcel threatened by development and vineyard conversion, is part of a campaign by the fund to preserve more than 125,000 acres of Douglas fir and redwood forests and use sustainable management practices to conserve critical habitat, restore native watersheds and support local economies through 'light-touch' timber management.